It’s time to abolish Police and Crime Commissioners
When the idea of having Police and Crime Commissioners (PCCs) first arose it seemed so promising. These would be locally…
How sport helped shape the British character
David Horspool connects different sports to our historical experience: cricket with class, golf with property rights, tennis with female emancipation and boxing with ethnicity
The self-delusion of ‘Bomber’ Harris
The scene in the German port was like a vision of hell. As the incendiary bombs rained down on Hamburg…
How Elizabeth ensured the monarchy survived
Perhaps the most powerful tribute to Queen Elizabeth’s success is that, at the time of her death, republicanism remains a…
You name it
The problem with ‘apostrophe laws’
A short history of political violence
The ugly attack on Iain Duncan Smith by five protestors at the Tory conference in Manchester has been widely seen…
Poor substitute
How corporations rebrand poverty
Judge Ollie Robinson on his cricket skills, not his tweets
Ollie Robinson, who made his Test debut for England at Lord’s last week against New Zealand, is an outstanding cricketer…
Is awarding medals to Bomber Command heroes a wise idea?
Will the heroic members of Bomber Command, who played such a vital role for Britain during the Second World War,…
Home economics
There’s nothing unjust about selling the family house to pay for care
Smokescreen
The Fire Brigades Union’s pandemic response has been a disgrace
A Priti state
We don’t need more laws – just better policing
Winging it
We won the Battle of Britain – just
Is Attlee really more worthy than Churchill?
As the toxic furore over statues continues, a number of left-wingers yearn to see the monument to Winston Churchill in…
Taking a lot of flak
Those of us who write occasionally about military aviation can only admire the compelling personal experience that John Nichol brings…
The kindness of strangers
Having Parkinson’s has shown me a different side of society
Travel phobia is perfectly reasonable
I have never been an adventurous soul. As an infant in Belfast, I would lie motionless for hours on the…
Out of the ashes
Our firefighters have less and less to do. So why shouldn’t they help overstretched ambulance services?
Counter-strike
Trade unions have ceased to serve working people. It’s time to act against them
The moaning middle
With soaring house prices and low interest rates, the middle classes are doing rather well. But you’d never think so to hear them
The hypocrisy game
If anti-gay laws make it wrong to ski in Russia, don’t they also make it wrong to play cricket in Bangladesh?
